Dr. Segal has over 25 years of experience carrying out rehabilitation oriented Neuroscience research on motor control and spinal circuits. His present work focuses on operant conditioning of TA reflexes in people with stroke to improve locomotion. Past work has included novel approaches examining muscle activity using MRI. He has mentored many professional students, pre-doctoral students, post-doctoral students and junior faculty members during his career including many in rehabilitation sciences. He has been a mentor for the past 11years for the ERRIS (now TIGRR) intensive grant writing workshops with numerous mentees successfully attaining extramural funding following the workshop. He is also involved in promoting Rehabilitation Engineering research and training.